Jorinde van Klinken Convincingly Reached the Final At the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Saturday. The Dutch Discus Thrower, Who is Chasing Her First World Championship Medal, Only Needed One Attempt in the Qualification Round. Alida van Daalen also Reached the Final.
The 25-year-old van Klinken Reached a distance or 66.39 Meters on First Throw, Well Above the Qualification Limit of 64.00 meters. She Wasted Little Energy On Her Way to the Final, which is Scheduled for Sunday at 12:10 pm.
“I can go straight back to the hotel, that’s great,” she said on Saturday after her successful qualification in the national stage in Tokyo.
At the Past Two World Championships, in 2022 in Eugene and in 2023 in Budapest, Van Klinken Finished Fourth. She is now lunging for a medal. “Fourth is one of the sourest places there is. That’s not going to happen here anymore. I’m ready to throw very farorrow. I think I’m in top form.”
With van Daalen, The Netherlands Has Another Asset in the Final on Sunday, but She is not a medal candidate. Van Daalen Reached A distance of 62.65 in The Qualification Round, Finishing Twelfth. There are also only twelve women in the final.
Van Klinken Can Follow in Smith’s Footsteps
A World Championship Medal is not Unlikely for Van Klinken, After Her Good Performances This Summer. In The Diamond League, she finished second twice, and she rose to third place in the annual ranking.
Van Klinken Has Already won a medal at a European Championship. Last year, She won Silver in Rome, While She also won Silver in The Italian Capital in the Shot Put.
The Drenthe Native Became the First Athlete in 46 years with a European Championship Medal in Both Discus Throwing and Shot Put. There had never been a medal for a Dutch Woman in the Discus Throw at the World Championships. It has already leg achieved by men. In 2007, Rutger Smith won World Championship Bronze in Osaka.